Beth Shulman, AlterNet. February 12, 2009. Part-time workers deserve to be full participants in the work benefits and protections that sustain American families and bolster our economy.
Dean Baker, The Guardian AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2009. Shortening the workweek would create jobs and stimulate the US economy -- and give workers the benefits other countries provide.
Andrea Buffa, Kathleen Maclay, AlterNet. December 6, 2007. Contrary to the cries of Big Business's Chicken Littles, public interest regulations that help workers get out from under the "Wal-Mart Model" of working in poverty don't hit consumers hard.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 2, 2007. The brief national strike against America's biggest automaker has a good bit to tell us about the gap that divides the awesomely affluent in the United States from everyone else.
Jennifer Armstrong, Sirens Magazine. May 19, 2007. Sure, our health care system is messed up. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be taking full advantage of your own plan's benefits. Here are five goodies you should know about.
